Improvement in shifting-rails for vehicles



T. H. GRAVES. Shifting-Rail for Vehicles.

Patented Dec. 9, I879.

ATTORN EYS N. FHERS. PNOTO-LITHOGRAPFER. WASHI UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

TIMOTHY H. GRAVES, OF ALEXANDRIA, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHlFTlNG-RAILS FOR VEHICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,487, dated December9, 1879 application filed May 26, 1879,

To all whom it may concern Be it known'that I, T1MOTHY H. GRAVES, ofAlexandria, in the county of Licking, and in the State of Ohio, haveinvented. certain new and useful Improvements in Shifting- Rails forVehicles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a partof this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a rail for vehicle-seats, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a part of a vehicle-seat with myimproved rail applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail section of a partthereof.

A represents a part of a vehicle-seat, to the sides and back of whichare fastened the metal straps B B, having their ends projecting beyondthe top edges thereof and perforated for the attachment of the rail.

D represents the main side rail, the front end of which is bent upwardand outward and terminates in an outwardly-projecting bolt, a, as shown.The rear end of the side ail, D, is screwed into a corner-iron, which isformed with three straight arms, D, D and D The arm D extends forward,and the arm D extends outward at right angles thereto. The

arm D extends inward parallel to but in rear of the arm D The rear endof the side rail, D, is screwed into the end of the arm D. Through thearm I) is passed a bolt, 12, the head of which is countersunk in theinner side of the arm D. This bolt passes longitudinally through the armD and a nut, d, is screwed on the end of the bolt against the end of thearm. The

bolt b and the bolt a are intended to form the supports for the bows ofthe buggy-top. In the end of the arm D is screwed the end of a rail, F,which extends inward, and is then curved upward and attached to the backG. To this back is also attached a rail, H, which curves downward andforward over the main side rail, D, the forward end of said rail H beingturned downward and passed through a square box, I, on the rail D. Thisbox I is welded on the rail D, and the hole for the end of the rail H ismade through said box and through the rail D. The lower end of the railH forms a bolt, 0, on which is screwed a thumbnut, J, for holding theparts together.

A small brace or rail, L, is welded to the rail H at a suitable point ator near its higheSt part, and its lower end is passed through a squarebox, I, the same as described for the box I, and its lower end forms abolt, 6, on which a thumb-nut, J, is screwed.

0n the horizontal part of the back rail, F, is welded another squarebox, 1 having a screw or bolt, 0, passed vertically through it andthrough the rail, and on the end is placed a thumb-nut, J The threebolts 0 c c are to be passed through the ends of the metal straps B, andnuts screwed on the ends to secure the rails in place to the seat.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the side rail, D, with boxes I I, corner-iron D D Dhaving the outward-projecting arm hollow, the rail F, with box 1 rails HL, and bolts 1) and 6 all constructed substantially as and for thepurposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this20th day of May, 1879.

TIMOTHY H. GRAVES.

Witnesses CHARLES D. MARANVILLE, SAML. BOWMAN.

